Author: OHRC

OHRC monitored, through social media and websites, a video clip of Abdulaziz bin Hamad bin Abdullah Al Balushi who was alleged to be beaten in 2011. Within its efforts to ensure the said person is provided with legal guarantees and...

Oman Human Rights Commission (OHRC) under its   jurisdictions and responsibilities followed up the report published by “International Committee for Migration”, and London Guardian concerning the complaints of mistreatment of domestic workers who had traveled from the Republic of Sierra Leone...

His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tariq issued Note: This is a translated version of the royal decree. In case of discrepancy between the Arabic original and English translation, the Arabic text prevails. Royal Decree 40/2021 Amending the Annex Attached to...

A number of members of the medical services course for officers in the Royal Army of Oman (RAO) visited OHRC headquarters. The delegation was received Dr. Ali bin Abdullah Al Kalbani, Secretary General to OHRC, and a number of officials...

Sheikh Abdullah bin Shuwain Al Hosni OHRC Chairman met at OHRC headquarters with His Excellency Karl Kulessa, Representative of the United Nations Fund for Population (UNFPA) in the GCC Countries, residing in the Sultanate. At the beginning of the meeting,...

Sheikh Abdullah bin Shuwain Al Hosni, OHRC Chairman, met at OHRC headquarters with Jamila Al Hammami, representative of the International Committee of the Red Cross in the Sultanate. Al Hosni gave an overview on OHRC, its functions and its role...

OHRC issued its 2020 annual report, which highlights the human rights situation in the Sultanate through the reports and complaints received by OHRC, the issues it monitored and followed up, and the measures taken to solve and settle them in...

OHRC participated with a working group headed by Sheikh Abdullah bin Shuwain Al Hosni, OHRC Chairman, in the universal periodic review (UPR) presented by the Sultanate to the Human Rights Council in Geneva via video conference. The Sultanate’s delegation was...

The Sultanate, represented by OHRC joined the world in marking the International Human Rights Day, which falls on 10 December each year. The celebration focuses on the definition of basic rights in the “Universal Declaration of Human Rights”, which is...